A completely new type of digital dermatoscope has been developed in order to take a significant step forward in technology for skin cancer imaging. By means of this study a better insight can be gained of the current performance and workflow in clinical dermatoscopy. This knowledge will be used to further improve the developed technology.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
Acquire skin images with a new digital dermatoscope
Dermatologic Surgery Center of Washington LLC
Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
Silver Falls Dermatology
Salem, Oregon, United States
Performance of the new device in its normal conditions of use
The outcome will be measured by a questionnaire with performance-related questions for clinicians to answer about a set of images from the collected database. A Likert-based scale will be used for the answers: from highly agree to highly disagree.
Time frame: 6 months
Usability of the new device
The outcome will be measured by a questionnaire with usability-related questions for clinicians.
Time frame: 1 month
Safety of the new device in its normal conditions of use
The number of adverse events will be reported to assess safety of the device.
Time frame: 1 year
Develop a database of skin images with the new device with metadata and histopathology of excised lesions
The outcome of the secondary objective will be an anonymized database of digital skin lesion images and corresponding metadata and a set of high quality images amenable to clinician evaluation.
Time frame: 1 year
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